CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito launched her 2026 reelection campaign Monday, seeking her third six-year term in the Senate where she believes her experience places her in the best position to deliver wins for West Virginia.
“I feel like I’ve not only hit my stride, but really exceeded my ability to really be influential for West Virginia,” said Capito, 72, during an interview Monday morning from her campaign offices overlooking the Kanawha River in downtown Charleston. “I’m in
BEVERLY — The Beverly Volunteer Fire Department will be escorting Santa Clause across areas of Randolph County on Wednesday evening.
Fire Trucks with Santa and other Christmas characters are scheduled to depart the Beverly Fire Hall at approximately 5 p.m. Truck No. 1 is scheduled to make its first stop at Lavender Fields and then head to the Beverly Mobile Home Park. From there it will head to Burgess Mobile Home Park and then Scott’s Lake Road.
Truck No. 1 will then travel down Files Creek to
PITTBURGH (AP) — Two-time All-Star reliever Gregory Soto and the Pittsburgh Pirates finalized a $7.75 million, one-year contract on Tuesday.
Soto gives the Pirates an experienced left-handed option in a bullpen that will get a makeover in 2026 after relievers Colin Holderman and Dauri Moreta were designated for assignment last month.
The 30-year-old is 15-34 with a 4.26 ERA and 56 saves over seven seasons with five teams. He was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022 for Detroit. He spent 2025 with
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to increase support for children who have been exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma, including witnessing community violence, parental addiction, or abuse.
The Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion (RISE) from Trauma Act dramatically increases funding for community-based efforts to prevent and mitigate the impact of trauma, and
ELKINS — The Tucker County boys are second in the West Virginia Schools Athletic Coaches Association (WVSACA) first regular-season Class A basketball poll released on Monday afternoon.
The Mountain Lions, who were second in the preseason poll as well, dropped a 62-58 overtime decision at Mountain Ridge (Md.) to open the season last Friday.
They are slated to host regional foe Pendleton County at 1 p.m. on Friday. The Wildcats are ranked 10th.
Tug Valley, which had defeated Tucker County in the
ELKINS — The Elkins City Council approved a new policy for how the City administers contributions to outside partner organizations, which was recommended by the State Auditor.
During a recent City Council meeting, the nine present council members voted in favor of Resolution 1883, which authorizes “adopting a new policy for the administration of contributions to outside and partner organizations.” Third Ward Council member Christopher Lowther was absent from the meeting.
Before the council
Dear Annie: In 2010, I discovered that my husband of 47 years had been in touch with a woman who he had a long and intimate relationship with before we met. She had a child three months before we met and wanted him to marry her but he refused because he had learned that she was also intimate with someone else at the same time.
When I confronted him with the information about this, he lied to me.
Long story short, it turned out that he had visited and slept with this woman at least once in the
ELKINS — A Randolph County man is facing a felony neglect charge after allegedly overdosing in a bathroom while taking care of a juvenile.
Brandon Edward Hepler, 39, is charged with one count of child neglect with risk of serious bodily injury or death, a felony. He is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $15,000 cash-only bond set by Randolph County Magistrate Michael Dyer.
According to the criminal complaint filed by Trooper Thomas J. Sclimenti with the West Virginia
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CHRISTMAS WEDDINGS: Twenty-Second Family Court Circuit Judge Lori Haynes will once again host Christmas-themed weddings this year from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday in her courtroom in Suite 202 of the Wees Annex Building at 32 Randolph Ave. in Elkins. Couples who would
In the old days of feudal Europe, royal processions were preceded by a herald who rode ahead, ringing a bell and shouting for the people to prepare themselves. His job was to stir anticipation, clear the path and make sure the king entered a world already standing at attention. Mars enters Capricorn like a cosmic herald calling, “Make way for order! For purpose! For ambition!”
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Some questions are like Pandora’s box: Once opened, they release more truth and feeling than
